Broom brace



A. L. SHIPMAN.

B ROOM BRAC E. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25. 1921.

Patented Sept. 12,1922..

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN SHIPMAN, 0F SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

BROOM BRAGE.

Application filed October 25, 1921. Serial No. 510,264.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM L. SHIPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom Braces, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for brooms, particularly tobraces, and has for its object the provision of a-bracing device adaptedto be secured upon an already existing broom whereby to reinforce thesame and consequently greatly increase its durability or length of life.

An important and more specific object is the provision of a bracingdevice of this character which is formed of wire and which may be simplyslipped over a broom, portions of the device penetratingly engagingbetween the straws to serve as retaining means.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to apply,eflicient in use, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation of a broom equipped with. my device, oneside of the broom being shown in section,

Figure2 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my device detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates abroom of ordinary construction upon which my device is adapted to beused. In carrying out my invention I provide a brace which comprises aplurality of elongated loops 10 of wire, the number being immaterial andranging pref-- erably from three to six, depending of course upon thelength or character of the broom twisted onto the wire loops, as shownat 13,

or which may be soldered if preferred. These wires 12 are intended to bedisposed at the edges of the broom and the wires have their ends bentinwardly, as shown at 14:, so that they may be stuck into the broom forholding the attachment upon the broom.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus provided a simply con-' structed andconsequently very inexpensive attachment which may be easily placed upona broom'merely by slipping it downwardly thereover and engaging thelnwardly extending ends of the wire members within the straw of thebroom. It is to be noted that the loops will confine the straw andthereby prevent the broom from spreading out.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A broom brace comprising a plurality of elongated wire loops ofprogressively increasing sizes designed to be engaged upon a broom headand each formed of a single length of wire having its "ends twistedtogether, and a pair of wire members connecting the ends of said loopsand coiled there- I about for holding said loops in spaced relation, theends of said pair of wire members extending angularly toward each otherfor penetrating engagement between the fibers of the broom head.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN SHIPMAN.

